The most active judges in each Singapore practice area

38 data points · Singapore case-law corpus

This analysis identifies the single most active judge in each Singapore practice area, measured by the number of distinct reported judgments in which they appear. 38 practice areas with at least 8 reported judgments are covered; for each, the judge appearing in the most of that area's cases is listed below.

Key findings

Every figure below is computed from the Singapore case-law corpus and links to its source. See the methodology for how the numbers were derived.

1. Choo Han Teck
Most active in Family Law — 93 of 249 reported Family Law judgments
93cases
2. Tay Yong Kwang
Most active in Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — 65 of 248 reported Criminal Procedure and Sentencing judgments
65cases
3. Vincent Hoong
Most active in Criminal Law — 48 of 214 reported Criminal Law judgments
48cases
4. Goh Yihan
Most active in Civil Procedure — 45 of 469 reported Civil Procedure judgments
45cases
5. Goh Yihan
Most active in Insolvency Law — 36 of 169 reported Insolvency Law judgments
36cases
6. Sundaresh Menon
Most active in Legal Profession — 32 of 67 reported Legal Profession judgments
32cases
7. Steven Chong
Most active in Arbitration — 30 of 144 reported Arbitration judgments
30cases
8. Woo Bih Li
Most active in Contract — 17 of 226 reported Contract judgments
17cases
9. Dedar Singh Gill
Most active in Intellectual Property — 14 of 34 reported Intellectual Property judgments
14cases
10. Hri Kumar Nair
Most active in Companies — 11 of 100 reported Companies judgments
11cases
11. Kannan Ramesh
Most active in Trusts — 10 of 87 reported Trusts judgments
10cases
12. Kannan Ramesh
Most active in Equity — 10 of 57 reported Equity judgments
10cases
13. S Mohan
Most active in Admiralty and Shipping — 10 of 24 reported Admiralty and Shipping judgments
10cases
14. Steven Chong
Most active in Tort — 9 of 151 reported Tort judgments
9cases
15. Steven Chong
Most active in Damages — 9 of 81 reported Damages judgments
9cases
16. Woo Bih Li
Most active in Building and Construction Law — 7 of 36 reported Building and Construction Law judgments
7cases
17. Choo Han Teck
Most active in Probate and Administration — 6 of 31 reported Probate and Administration judgments
6cases
18. Philip Jeyaretnam
Most active in Land — 6 of 40 reported Land judgments
6cases
19. Philip Jeyaretnam
Most active in Injunctions — 6 of 23 reported Injunctions judgments
6cases
20. Tay Yong Kwang
Most active in Constitutional Law — 6 of 19 reported Constitutional Law judgments
6cases
21. Choo Han Teck
Most active in Conflict of Laws — 5 of 43 reported Conflict of Laws judgments
5cases
22. Judith Prakash
Most active in Res Judicata — 5 of 20 reported Res Judicata judgments
5cases
23. Steven Chong
Most active in Evidence — 5 of 56 reported Evidence judgments
5cases
24. Choo Han Teck
Most active in Contempt of Court — 4 of 28 reported Contempt of Court judgments
4cases
25. Choo Han Teck
Most active in Administrative Law — 4 of 27 reported Administrative Law judgments
4cases
26. Goh Yihan
Most active in Restitution — 4 of 35 reported Restitution judgments
4cases
27. Goh Yihan
Most active in Credit and Security — 4 of 30 reported Credit and Security judgments
4cases
28. Goh Yihan
Most active in Banking — 4 of 13 reported Banking judgments
4cases
29. Jared Kang Chern Wey
Most active in Courts and Jurisdiction — 4 of 33 reported Courts and Jurisdiction judgments
4cases
30. Steven Chong
Most active in Abuse of Process — 4 of 23 reported Abuse of Process judgments
4cases
31. Sundaresh Menon
Most active in Statutory Interpretation — 4 of 31 reported Statutory Interpretation judgments
4cases
32. Goh Yihan
Most active in Limitation of Actions — 3 of 23 reported Limitation of Actions judgments
3cases
33. Jared Kang Chern Wey
Most active in Landlord and Tenant — 3 of 20 reported Landlord and Tenant judgments
3cases
34. Wong Li Kok, Alex
Most active in Agency — 3 of 16 reported Agency judgments
3cases
35. Chua Lee Ming
Most active in Employment Law — 2 of 23 reported Employment Law judgments
2cases
36. Goh Yihan
Most active in Commercial transactions — 2 of 12 reported Commercial transactions judgments
2cases
37. Mohamed Faizal
Most active in Debt and Recovery — 2 of 9 reported Debt and Recovery judgments
2cases
38. Sundaresh Menon
Most active in Insurance — 2 of 8 reported Insurance judgments
2cases

More on this analysis

How is the most active judge in an area determined?

By counting, within each practice area, the number of distinct reported judgments in which each judge appears, and listing the one with the highest count. The figure is a measure of reported-case volume in that area, not of outcomes or seniority.

Methodology

Practice areas are derived from the top-level catchwords published with each Singapore judgment. Within each area, every judge is counted by the number of distinct reported cases in that area in which they are recorded; the judge with the most is listed. Only areas with at least 8 reported judgments, and judges appearing in at least 2 of an area's cases, are included. Counts reflect appearances in reported decisions only — unreported matters, settlements and advisory work are not captured. Figures were last computed on 2026-07-10 and update as the corpus grows.

Compiled by the SG Case Law editorial team from primary sources — the judgments themselves and Singapore Statutes Online (sso.agc.gov.sg). · Updated 10 July 2026 · How we compile this